Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-04-16

otaHuln2 nere, turnl6les new chapter
 of romance concerning Kissaue. Up to
 the present was no clue tO the wherea-
 bouts of kissane from the time he was
 Tn Nicaragua to his appearance in Cali
 tornia. Mir. Forester supplies the hia- , tus. During the Chinese Rebellion in ] loO4' Forester was captured by a de- tachment of rebels and taken Co Shang- haI with other Japanese prisoners. Here Inc rebels were overcome by the Chia- ese troops under the command of an [ american who Was none other than !; hissane. He had seclred the favor of the Emperor through hIs shrewdness and vas raised to the rank of General of the Army. Yong Jap. who tells tue
 story aud wEO k now living here, wa- made hlssane's body servant. |. <. A.
 IoFiester snI hissane fiEully went to
 Europe where kIssane visited leading art eenters.
 VANCOUVER. W. T, April The tim
 Der land fraud cases have been dismiss
 fd by United States District Judfo Al
 iyn and the witnesses discharged. Six
 month8 ago number Of psrsO.s had
 indictments brought against them on a
 m9lsint made by Commissioner
 Sparks' agents, for converting and sp-
 psOpaating timber lands m Washington
 Territory to their own use irauiulently.
 The UnIted States grand jury that in-
 dIcted them was partially composed Of
 women. Recently the Supreme Court
 os Washington Territory decided that
 women were not legal voters. Attorneys
 Tor the timber land men contended that
 If women were not legal voters. they
 were not legal grand jurors. Judge
 Allyn decided the point well taken, and
 SO the indictments were quashed.
 CINCINNATI, April 7.-Murat Halsteal
 prints the following card n the com
 mercisl Gazette: "Ihe statement tele-
 graphed over the country yesterday,
 originating Tn Wa. hingtOu, that l had
 received letter from WhItelaw Reid,
 editor of the New York Tribune, about
 Blame and Sherman as presidential
 candidates, is untrue altogether. There
 has not been any correspondence re- sembling remotely that reported
 FRESNO, April 9.-The residence of c. | | G. Hutchins. at Central Colony, was burned about ? o'clock this morning,
 lt vas one of the finest in the county and with its contents was valued at about SlO,OOO. all os which was lost. h. 1 surauce about S5.0O0. The origin of the |
 i:e IS not known. ST. LoUIs. April 9-A special to the | Globe Democrat from Fort Gibson, It. | dian Territory, says Blaine was suffer l ing from a severe cold On Sunday even l ing when he arrived at GIbslu station. l government ambulance met lhe party l st the station, but only the ladies of the | party could be taken tO the post. The l next morning the ambulance returned I Tor Blaine. He was able tO slt in a con- | -ayGnce, but looked pale and thin. On | reaching the post he went to the resi- dence of Col. J. J. COppinger, and has I not been out Cf the house since. Dr. | Chss. F. Berne, post surgeon, referred l sll questions to Col. COppiuglr. T. Ina. | gentleman had little to say. Es he did | not wish to create unnecessary alarm.
 He said that Blaine IS suffering from a
 heavy cold. accompanied by remlttent fever, end was quite sick, but tonight
 he has favorable appearance. Gel. COppinger repeated that Blaine was quite sick. The whole party expects to leave for the north this morning The soldiers detailed to sit up with Blaine last night. report him quite sick, but could pot say whether the symptoms were alarming or not
 SAN FRANCIsCO April 9-The strik- ing carmen, k, of L., and the trade unions who, four months ago, declared | the boycott against the GeEry street railroad have declared the strike and the boycott against that road of,
 SAS FRAScIsC1, April 9.-The Alta this morning published Rl IEteTvlt- with Leland Stanford, president of tL- Southern Pacific O., regarding the ti feet of the eEfoIc meut O5 section four of tho interstate commerce law, or the comm cree of San ETlacIscJ. He sad tGe liberal enforcement of that section O. the interstate cOmmercs law wOul! b5 simply ruiuous and destructive oi oar cOmnerce. not Cnly with Ch.aa and Japan. out with Als!IsII aud all other countries whose trade naturally comes Co us by way of the Pacific ocean. luu see the through freight business Is but a small proportion, probably not more than lJ per cent, of our whole carrying trade. It Is upon our local business tina; we de- peUd for OuT profit. This may be said Cf all roads, and will be true of every road that reaches the Pacific Coast. Brought Gs We are by our location into competl- ton with the great water ways of the ocean. we caano. make rate where tLe means of transportation by water and by rail are cO-existant. The water way, which IS naturally cheap means of transportation, will always make a rate that the railroads must follow or forfeit the business. Now our agents m China and Japan are brought face tO fgce with competition rates by way of the Suez ..N N..-. n aE mus Ot Penama and by all water around Cape HOrL. Hitherto we have tried to meet that competition py giving rales which 1T not as low as those by water, were, when compared with the adled advantages of speed, sufficient tO secure a large proportion Ot the busi- ness. These rates of themselves would 1 not be TemuneratIve; that IS 10 say, If our whole carrying business was con- ducted on the same basis, it would not pay the operating expenses of the road, and interest on the investment, but as We are compelled tO keep up our track and rolling stock and are operating the road anyway, the through business. even Rt those low rates. contributes towards , paying tho expenses of the road gnd 10 that eX;eat IL operates m measure to enable us to make , lower rates Op local business than might ; otherwise be possible. Now, however, we are brOugh. face 0 face with this z If the law IS to be literally 1, enforced and we cannot make special rates for this through bnsiuess. and , it making spOndng rates for all local business, we shall be com pellec to choose between thC local and through business. and IT that event. !! We will have Q fJrego all through business.
 FoKr SMITH, Ark, April s.-Pstrick was hanged here today for the l murder of Thomas and John MahOney in the Cherokee Nation Ou the 18th day c of February, 1SS6. The evidence was a purely circumstsn;isl. there being no ' eye witnesses 10 the crime, and McCarty { died protesting his innocence. Accord ] ing tO the testimony McCariy left Red q ford, Indian Territory, February l6ih,i company with Tom and John Mshoney and Joe Sproule, bound for Springfield, Mo. The Mahoney boys had been work ing on the railroad and had some money | and two good teams On the night of the [ l6.h MeCarty and SprDula planned the | q